A supporter of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) shouts slogans during a demonstration in Phnom Penh. Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters held further demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen's hotly disputed July election win, calling for a new poll to settle allegations of vote rigging. Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images

Syrians search for survivors amidst the rubble following an airstrike in the Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo. Two children were among at least 13 people killed in new air strikes on a rebel-held district of Syria's main northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Photograph: Mohammed al-Khatieb/AFP/Getty Images

Cecil Williams pets his guide dog Orlando in his hospital bed following a fall onto subway tracks from the platform in New York. The blind 61-year-old Williams says he fainted while holding onto his black labrador who tried to save him from falling. Both escaped without serious injury. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

A general view of Independence Square in central Kiev, as protesters gather for an opposition rally. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to buy $15 billion of Ukrainian bonds and slash its gas bill by a third to prop up the embattled Kiev government as it battles mass protests over the rejection of a historic EU pact. Tens of thousands of pro-EU protesters flocked to Independence Square in the heart of Kiev after the talks between Putin and President Viktor Yanukovych to denounce what they saw as surrender of Ukrainian sovereignty to Russia. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

Ben Stokes of England watches as Steve Smith of Australia dives for a catch during day five of the Third Ashes Test Match between Australia and England at WACA in Perth, Australia. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

A police cordon blocks off the site a bomb blast outside a Shiite mosque in the city of Rawalpindi as Pakistani investigators and police inspect the site. A bomb explosion outside a Shiite mosque killed at least three people and wounded 14 others in the latest sectarian attack to hit the nation, officials said. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images

Chilean president-elect Michelle Bachelet gestures during a press conference with international media, in Santiago. Socialist Michelle Bachelet was swept back into office Sunday as Chile's next president, on a platform of boosting education and narrowing the gap between rich and poor. Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

A Cuban pilgrim crawls to St. Lazarus church in El Rincon, 25 km from Havana while celebrating one of the island's most important religious rites, the pilgrimage to pay homage to Saint Lazarus. Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

A traffic is seen in thick fog in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab province, Pakistan. At least 11 people were killed and 67 injured overnight in Punjab due to transport accidents related to fog. Photograph: Omer Saleem/EPA

A Baroque masterpiece: The sun sets behind the colonnade of St'Peter's Square at the Vatican. The square in front of the basilica was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

The deal is sealed: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich (L) gives a wink to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a signing ceremony after a meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia is planning to buy $15 billion worth of Ukraine's upcoming eurobonds using money from a sovereign wealth fund this year and next, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Several pages of the so-called 'Rosenberg Diary' are on display to the media during a ceremony to transfer the documents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to officials at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, United States. The diary contains notes written by Alfred Rosenberg, an influential member of the Third Reich and a confident of Adolf Hitler Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Legendary Brazilian soccer player Pele speaks to journalists during an exhibition on the country's past World Cup participations entitled "Brazil, a country, a world" at the Ulysses Guimaraes Convention Center in Brasilia. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Employees, wearing slippers to protect the glass floor, stand in the 'Step into the Void' installation at the Aiguille du Midi mountain peak above Chamonix, in the French Alps. Photograph: Robert Pratta/reuters

A severely malnourished child cries on his hospital bed at Bangui's pediatric center in Bangui, Central African Republic. According to UNICEF's doctor Celestin Traore, even though malnutrition is high in the country, the problem is worsening due to the conflict. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

His date is a bit frosty. Sculptor Jonathan Bouchard of Canada poses near a sculpture at the ice bar of the Brussels Ice Magic Festival. 20 artists from all over the world made sculptures out of 420 tonnes of ice depicting characters from comic strips. The festival will open on 20 December. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

That's how he gets around so quickly! Santa Claus leaves a helicopter at the Romanian Airforce Base outside Bucharest. Santa arrived on a Puma helicopter and distributed gifts to the children of the Romanian air force personnel. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Head for heights? The 'Step into the Void' installation at the Aiguille du Midi mountain above Chamonix in the French Alps. The skywalk is a five-sided glass structure installed on the top terrace of the Aiguille du Midi (3842m), where visitors can step out and get the impression of standing in the void. The glass room will open to the public on 21 December. Photograph: Robert Pratta/Reuters

A red howler monkey is seen in a cage before being released back into the wild in Colombia. Eight monkeys have been under the care of the Santa Fe zoo as part of a wildlife conservation programme after they were are torn away from their families sold by traffickers. The red howler monkeys are an endangered species, which makes them attractive to wildlife traders. Photograph: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images

Royal Mail employee Danny Small, with Christmas post at Leeds Mail Centre, during Royal Mail's busiest day of the year, where staff are expecting to handle millions of items of mail as they work to ensure post arrives in time for Christmas. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA

It's pantomine season and photographer Mary Turner has been behind the scenes at Cinderella in Bromley as Byron Mondahl transforms himself into Daisy, one of Cinderella's Ugly Sisters. Byron is originally from South Africa and performs as part of a pantomime duo with David Ball who designs and makes their costumes each year. Bryon says that sometimes performing over Christmas can be hard but that "the show is about making people happy, whatever is going on behind the scenes, the show must go on".

Byron Mondahl, gets into his crinoline as he transforms himself into Daisy, one of Cinderella's Ugly Sisters, at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley. Byron Mondahl, is helped into his crinoline. Byron Mondahl, transformed into Daisy. Photographs: Mary Turner/Getty Images

Refugee women and their children look out of a window of the refugee camp Voena rampa in Sofia, Bulgaria. The country has accommodated around 11,000 refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan. Photograph: VASSIL DONEV/EPA

A young jockey poses before a horse race in Sumbawa, Indonesia. Young jockeys battle it out for supremacy in Indonesia's miniature horse races. The traditional race is held annually at the end of the rice-harvesting season. Photograph: Ade Kurniawan Rusdy/Sijori ImaMany children take around 10 days off school to prepare and with the overall winning jockey netting a cool $100 prize money, the lure of the cash can prove tempting for parents. Photograph: Ade Kurniawan Rusdy/Sijori Ima

Doctors attach man's severed hand to his leg to keep it alive. Xiao Wei lost his right hand in an accident at work but could not have it reattached to his arm immediately. Instead the hand was kept alive by stitching it to Xiao's left ankle and 'borrowing' a blood supply from arteries in the leg. See more pictures in our gallery

A view of the hand growing on the leg of a patient in a hospital in Changsha, China. Photograph: Feature China/Barcroft Media

A Newari woman, with her lips and face painted to depict a deity, sits inside a house before she takes part in a parade to celebrate the Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/reuters

North Korean girls carry firewood on their backs as they walk on the banks of Yalu River opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. Photograph: Jacky Chen/ReutersWomen gather on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea to lay flowers beneath portraits of the late leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung as people observed the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP